Talk:List of most populous cities in India
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[edit] This list seems to be dubious
I dont think this list is correct. Somebody can verify this?? Leotolstoy 12:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Why do you think it's dubious? In any case, the source is World Gazetteer and the figures are projections based on the 2001 Census and recent growth rates. --Polaron | Talk 13:19, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Personally I dont think Bangalore is bigger than Kolkota (I know it does not matter). Anyways Kolkota and Chennai pages show population of those cities to be 9 & 6 million respectively. So either this page is incorrect or those pages. Leotolstoy 14:10, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks. I also observed that most of the other pages (Ahmedabad,[hyderabad]]) are also inconsistent. Is it possible to make verything consistent??. Leotolstoy 15:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
- Bangalore's population is more than Kolkata now, because, a number of areas, which were considered outside BMP (Bangalore Municipality), joined as BMP area. So, population of Bangalore increased, somewhat drastically. I still favor arranging the data (and rank) according to census 2001 data rather than the estimated data. Estimated data is more like original research and census data is like establish source. Isn't it?GDibyendu (talk) 19:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Not really, websites use projection models to determine the population of a city/town as of a certain year. This is quite similar to models used by census bureaus...they don't physically count each of the 7 million people living in a city either. I think it is fine to continue using World Gazzetteer, for purposes of standardization — these numbers are used across most, if not all India-related articles. AreJay (talk) 19:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Just checked that world gazetteer has published their calculation for 2008. However, against those numbers, they are showing census 2001 data, which are not matching with the data in this article. I have no idea how you guys are maintaining this list. Good luck!GDibyendu (talk) 19:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Bangalore's population is more than Kolkata now, because, a number of areas, which were considered outside BMP (Bangalore Municipality), joined as BMP area. So, population of Bangalore increased, somewhat drastically. I still favor arranging the data (and rank) according to census 2001 data rather than the estimated data. Estimated data is more like original research and census data is like establish source. Isn't it?GDibyendu (talk) 19:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I also observed that most of the other pages (Ahmedabad,[hyderabad]]) are also inconsistent. Is it possible to make verything consistent??. Leotolstoy 15:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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- The Bangalore page says the population is 6,520,000 while this page says 5,104,047. Inconsistent. Then the List of most populous metropolitan areas in India says it is 6,255,256. Umangv 13:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
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Why isn't New Delhi, the Capitol of India, on here? It's probably big enough to at least make it on the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.213.88 (talk) 05:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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- Umm...it's #2 on the list. AreJay (talk) 07:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I would suggest ranking the cities based on census data as obtained in 2001. Its OK to have the data from World Gazetteer, but thats not census and ranks should not made on speculative data, particularly when last census was done timely and those data are available.192.18.192.21 (talk) 05:27, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Umm...it's #2 on the list. AreJay (talk) 07:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
